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I walked alongside the retired space shuttle Endeavour as it was being transported from the Los Angeles International Airport to its new home at the California Science Center. The move is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. No doubt, more space vehicles will be retired one day, but there will never again be another space shuttle moved through the streets of L.A. Here are some photos (and a video) I took today:

At the very least, I feel very grateful to have seen the space shuttle “Discovery” launch back in 2008. I won a Blue Man Group sweepstakes trip to Orlando that I could never recall entering… but after verifying it was legit and knowing that you could see a shuttle liftoff from the other side of Florida, I looked up the space shuttle launch calendar and specifically scheduled the trip around one of those dates...

The longer I'm here, the smaller the city seems. At first, it seemed like this vast, never-ending land. Sure, it technically it's a sprawling place, but Los Angeles becomes smaller based on what parts of it apply to you. Nothing ever really ever takes me to southern parts of the broader city, like Compton and such, anywhere east of downtown, or northwestern parts like Calabasas or Simi Valley. Even North Hollywood sometimes seems like a stretch because it's in "the valley" (a

This post chronicles the installation and experience visiting Levitated Mass at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).